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2023 State House of Assembly Election

March 18, 202336 States

Seat-summary page with party totals and control context. Not a constituency-by-constituency or polling-unit archive.

Labour Party won seats across South-East and Lagos for the first time. NNPP secured Kano State Assembly majority. APC retained national numerical lead with 341 of 993 seats.

Source

INEC declarations with CivicNG seat aggregation

This page summarizes party seat totals and assembly-control context from official declarations. It is an aggregate public-reference layer rather than a full constituency-by-constituency archive.

As-of date

March 18, 2023

The summary is anchored to the election cycle date shown here and may not reflect every later petition outcome or seat adjustment in real time.

Coverage depth

Seat and control summary

This page shows seat totals and assembly-control context. It does not yet publish every ward, polling-unit, or constituency return on-page.

Dispute note

Check official notices and court records

Assembly outcomes generated a large volume of petitions. Seat and control summaries here should be read alongside official notices and any later court-ordered changes.

Official references: INEC official website · INEC result portal

Result summaries with source context

This page is a sourced summary layer for public understanding. Official result certification, tribunal rulings, and INEC notices remain the authoritative record where disputes arise.

  • Published numbers on this page are intended for public reference, not to replace official collation documents.
  • Contested races keep the official result record visible while adding context about disputes separately.
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Official certification and court outcomes take precedence over summary copy.

993

Total State Assembly Seats

341 seats

APC Lead

195 seats

PDP

67 seats

LP Breakthrough

Hundreds

Court Petitions

Vote Share by Candidate

Vote Distribution

2023 State House of Assembly Election Results

Party seat totals across all 36 state assemblies (993 seats total)

#CandidatePartySeats%Share
1
APCWinner
APC34134.3%
2
PDP
PDP19519.6%
3
LP
LP676.7%
4
NNPP
NNPP414.1%
5
APGA
APGA363.6%
6
Others
Various31331.5%

State-by-State Breakdown

Controlling party in each of the 36 state assemblies. INEC official aggregate: 993 total seats.

APC22 statesPDP10 statesLP2 statesNNPP1 stateAPGA1 state
North-West218 seats · 7 states
StateSeatsWinner
Kano40NNPP(38/40)
Kaduna36APC
Katsina34APC
Jigawa30APC
Sokoto30PDP
Zamfara24APC
Kebbi24APC
North-East157 seats · 6 states
StateSeatsWinner
Bauchi31APC
Borno28APC
Taraba25PDP
Adamawa25PDP
Gombe24APC
Yobe24APC
North-Central153 seats · 6 states
StateSeatsWinner
Benue30PDP
Niger25APC
Kogi25APC
Nasarawa24APC
Plateau24APC
Kwara25APC
South-West176 seats · 6 states
StateSeatsWinner
Lagos40APC(38/40)
Oyo32PDP
Ogun26APC
Ekiti26APC
Ondo26APC
Osun26APC
South-East129 seats · 5 states
StateSeatsWinner
Anambra30APGA(28/30)
Imo27APC
Abia24LP(23/24)
Enugu24LP
Ebonyi24APC
South-South160 seats · 6 states
StateSeatsWinner
Rivers32PDP
Delta29PDP
Akwa Ibom26PDP
Cross River25PDP
Edo24APC
Bayelsa24PDP

Sources: INEC official collation sheets, Stears seat-tracker, SBM Intel post-election analysis. State seat totals from INEC gazette. Winners = party holding assembly majority.

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